How To Clear Your Spotify Queue on Phone and Computer

To clear your Spotify queue on a phone, open the Now Playing screen, tap the queue icon and tap Clear. On a computer or the web player, open the queue, select Clear queue and click Yes to confirm. Both buttons only remove the songs you added yourself, so if music keeps lining up after you clear it, the rest is coming from the playlist or album you started, or from Autoplay.

What the Clear button touches

Clear the Queue on iPhone or Android

The steps are the same on iPhone and Android, and they follow Spotify’s Play Queue help page. Spotify lists the mobile and tablet queue as a Premium feature, so free users may not see these controls on a phone.

1. Start playing something, then tap the Now Playing bar at the bottom of the screen.
2. Tap the queue icon on the Now Playing screen.
3. Under Next in queue, tap Clear.

Everything you added under Next in queue goes in one tap. On a tablet, the route is slightly different, because the queue opens when you tap the album artwork in the side menu. From there, Clear works the same way.

Remove One Song or a Few

To drop a single song and keep the rest, swipe left on it in the queue. That’s the quickest fix when one track slipped in by mistake and you still want the others.

Spotify’s mobile queue update brought back the option for Premium users to select several songs in the queue and manage them together, which saves swiping one track at a time. Spotify doesn’t spell out the button names, and they can shift between app versions, so look for the select option on the queue screen itself.

Clear the Queue on a Computer or the Web Player

The desktop app and the web player share the same queue panel and the same steps. Spotify’s help page gives this section no Premium label, which sets it apart from the mobile instructions.

1. Click the queue icon in the playback bar at the bottom of the window.
2. Select Clear queue.
3. Click Yes to confirm.

That confirmation is the main difference from mobile, and it’s a useful last check before the list goes. To remove a single song instead, right-click it and choose Remove from queue.

Select Everything With the Keyboard

If you’d rather keep your hands on the keyboard, Spotify’s keyboard shortcuts cover most of the job. Press Alt + Shift + Q to jump to the queue, and remember that the Alt key is labelled Option on most Mac keyboards. Then press Ctrl + A on Windows or Cmd + A on a Mac to select all the songs.

Right-click the selection and choose Remove from queue. Spotify doesn’t list a keyboard shortcut for removing songs, so that last step stays with the mouse.

Why the Clear Button Is Missing

The queue screen holds two separate lists, and Clear only belongs to the first one. Next in queue holds the songs you added with Add to queue. Next from holds the rest of the playlist or album you started, and its heading names that source, such as Next from: Road Trip.

If you haven’t added any songs yourself, there’s no Next in queue list to empty, so the Clear button has nothing to act on. Everything you can see belongs to Next from, which Clear never touches. That’s the most common reason people think the button is broken.

On a phone, the other likely cause is your plan. Spotify lists the mobile queue for Premium, so a free account may not show the queue controls at all.

Empty What’s Left From a Playlist

Songs under Next from can’t be cleared with one button, but you can still get rid of the ones you don’t want. On a computer, select them, right-click and choose Remove from queue. On a phone, swipe left on each song, or select several at once if you’re on Premium.

The faster fix is often to start something else. Playing a different album, playlist or single song replaces the Next from list with the new source.

Stop Spotify From Refilling the Queue

A cleared queue can fill up again once the last song ends. That’s usually down to one of three features rather than a fault, and each one has its own switch.

• Autoplay. When your music runs out, Autoplay keeps going with similar songs. On a phone, tap your profile picture, then Settings and privacy, Playback and Autoplay. On desktop, click your profile picture, then Settings, and turn off Autoplay. Spotify’s Autoplay help page covers both routes.
• Smart Shuffle. On Premium, Smart Shuffle mixes recommended songs into what you’re playing. To take it out of your play modes on mobile, tap your profile picture, then Settings and privacy and Playback, and turn off Include Smart Shuffle in play modes, as Spotify’s shuffle guide explains.
• Jam. In a Spotify Jam, everyone listens to one shared queue. Only Premium users can start a Jam, but anyone in it can control what’s playing, so songs can reappear because someone else added them.

Premium listeners can also see the songs Spotify plans to recommend after their queued tracks, right on the queue screen. Glance at that list before you walk away, and you’ll know whether Spotify is about to carry on without you.

Spotify Queue Questions

Does clearing the queue delete songs from my playlists?
No. Clear only empties Next in queue, the temporary list of songs you lined up to play next. Your playlists, Liked Songs and any tracks you added to Spotify from your own files stay exactly where they are.

Can I undo Clear on Spotify?
Spotify doesn’t document an undo for the queue. On a computer, the Yes confirmation is your last chance to change your mind, and the mobile steps don’t list a confirmation at all. If you clear a list by mistake, add the songs again from the playlist, album or search.

Can I clear the queue on Spotify Free?
Spotify’s help page labels the mobile and tablet queue as Premium. The desktop app and web player section carries no plan label, so a computer is the place to try if you’re on the free plan and the phone controls don’t appear.

Why did songs come back after I cleared the queue?
Usually Autoplay or Smart Shuffle added them once your own songs ran out. The other possibility is that they were never in Next in queue and belong to Next from, which Clear leaves alone. In a Jam, someone else may simply have added them.

Will clearing the cache or logging out empty the queue?
Spotify doesn’t list either one as a way to clear the queue, so there’s no reason to wipe your downloads or sign out for this. Clear on mobile, Clear queue on desktop and Remove from queue are the documented controls, and they’re quicker.

Line Up What Plays Next

With the queue empty, it’s easy to rebuild it the way you want. Tap the three dots next to a song and choose Add to queue, and it joins the end of Next in queue in the order you add it.

Once the line-up is right, you can set a Spotify sleep timer from the same queue screen so the music stops when you want it to. That pairing suits a late-night or workout session well. Queue exactly what you want, set the timer, and switch off Autoplay so nothing extra slips in after the last song.